UK-DMC

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UK-DMC is classified as:

Disaster monitoring

NORAD ID: 27942

Int'l Code: 2003-042D

Perigee: 578.7 km

Apogee: 652.4 km

Inclination: 98.1 °

Period: 96.9 minutes

Semi major axis: 6986 km

RCS: 0.319 m² (medium)

Launch date: September 27, 2003
Source: United Kingdom (UK)
Launch site: PLESETSK MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (PKMTR)

BNSCSAT (British National Science Center SATellite, also known as UK-DMC) is a British DMC (multinational Disaster Monitoring Constellation) satellite that was launched by a Kosmos 3M rocket from Plesetsk at 06:12 UT on 27 September 2003. Besides disaster monitoring, it will help in urban planning and agriculture surveys.

1 27942U 03042D   26040.50003051  .00001822  00000-0  20683-3 0  9994
2 27942  98.0790 227.4709 0052721 260.5489  98.9764 14.86654913203792

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC